“I’m nonplussed”, he says
and I turn my head
stopped at the light
on my way to Brewer’s Outlet

The light turns
and so I only catch
their faces, not laughs
that must have followed

It still happens
once in a while
you pick up a word
and wield it triumphantly

 
Mark Danowsky’s poetry has appeared in About Place, Beechwood Review, Cordite, Elohi Gadugi, Grey Sparrow, Mobius, Right Hand Pointing, Shot Glass Journal, Third Wednesday and elsewhere. Originally from the Philadelphia area, Mark currently resides in North-Central West Virginia. He works for a private detective agency and is Managing Editor for the Schuylkill Valley Journal.